Ozeaneum is a
public aquarium
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in the
German
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city of
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
. It is a main attraction of the
German Oceanographic Museum
The German Oceanographic Museum (german: Deutsche Meeresmuseum), also called the Museum for Oceanography and Fisheries, Aquarium (german: Museum für Meereskunde und Fischerei, Aquarium, links=no), in the Stralsund, Hanseatic town of Stralsund, ...
(''Deutsches Meeresmuseum''), arguably one of the three largest institutions of its kind in Europe.
The Ozeaneum — located at the historical Stralsund harbour on the
Baltic
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coast — opened its doors in July 2008. It displays primarily
sea life
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of the
North Sea
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and the Baltic Sea.
The Ozeaneum was expected to be a major tourist attraction, and receive 550,000 visitors per year. It proved to be considerably more attractive than expected, and by the end of the first year had already had over 900,000 visitors. The millionth visit occurred on 27 July 2009.
On 22 May 2010, the OZEANEUM Stralsund received the
European Museum of the Year Award
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in a ceremony in the
Finnish
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See also ...
town of
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
.
Notes
External links
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Report on the Construction of Ozeaneum AquariumManufacturer of Acrylic Windows Throughout AquariumOzeaneum at Google Cultural Institute
Aquaria in Germany
Oceanaria
Science museums in Germany
Tourist attractions in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Stralsund
Museums in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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